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Re: MPLS vs IP forwarding speed..

  • From: Spice Sylvia <falsesylvia@yahoo.co.uk>
  • Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 14:03:40 +0100 (BST)
  • Resent-Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 09:33:48 -0400
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http://cell.onecall.net/mhonarc/mpls/1997-Jul/msg00059.html
is another one which says it is faster

--- Spice Sylvia <falsesylvia@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
http://www.commsdesign.com/design_center/netprocessing/design_corner/OEG20030601S0015
> 
> does not agree with the statement
> Can some help figure out why MPLS is slower?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ---- Devendra Vyas <coolasafool@gmail.com> wrote:
> > cant help but  get a sense of deja-vu.............
> > 
> > even when i was puzzled....sthaug helped me out...
> > 
> > ram--
> > yes refer the old discussions and also...refer the
> > book by davie/rekhter..
> > 
> > 
> > rgds,
> > devendra vyas
> > 
> > 
> > On 4/21/05, sthaug@nethelp.no <sthaug@nethelp.no>
> > wrote:
> > > > One of the initial proposed advantages of
> > MPLS(tag switching at that time)
> > > > was that label switching can be done faster
> than
> > IP forwarding/switching.
> > > > Its now said that with the kind of routers we
> > have today this difference
> > > > is negligible. More so in the case of routers
> > with hardware assisted
> > > > forwarding. Has there been any tests (on
> > different vendors' routers)
> > > > which conclusively shows that the difference
> is
> > really negligible even
> > > > for amount of traffic handled by Internet core
> > routers today ?
> > > 
> > > This has been discussed several times on the
> list
> > (have a look in the
> > > archives), and there's really no need to restart
> > the discussion. It
> > > has been stated authoritatively, by people
> working
> > for the vendors,
> > > that any difference in forwarding speed is
> > negligible. MPLS gives you
> > > other, interesting and useful features - but
> > increased forwarding
> > > speed is not one of them.
> > > 
> > > Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting,
> > sthaug@nethelp.no
> > > 
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